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Jeond Jeff M. Castaneda EDUC 204: Human Behavior in Organization MAED - Social Studies Francisco Daez, Ph. D

The book review summarizes the book "Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations" by Ricky W. Griffin and Gregory Moorhead. It is divided into 4 parts and 19 chapters. The book addresses important aspects of organizational behavior like how the overall environment and interpersonal relationships affect employee behavior and productivity. It also examines individual behaviors, attitudes, motivations, stress management, leadership styles, organizational culture and how they influence an organization. The conclusion states that the book provides many practical insights on planning, decision-making, motivation and managing organizational change.

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Jeond Jeff M. Castaneda EDUC 204: Human Behavior in Organization MAED - Social Studies Francisco Daez, Ph. D

The book review summarizes the book "Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations" by Ricky W. Griffin and Gregory Moorhead. It is divided into 4 parts and 19 chapters. The book addresses important aspects of organizational behavior like how the overall environment and interpersonal relationships affect employee behavior and productivity. It also examines individual behaviors, attitudes, motivations, stress management, leadership styles, organizational culture and how they influence an organization. The conclusion states that the book provides many practical insights on planning, decision-making, motivation and managing organizational change.

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JEOND JEFF M.

CASTANEDA EDUC 204: Human Behavior in Organization


MAED – Social Studies Francisco Daez, Ph. D.

BOOK REVIEW

Book Title: Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations


Author: Ricky W. Griffin and Gregory Moorhead
Published: 2011

The book has 4 parts which is divided into 19 Chapters

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE BOOK


 Deals with the important aspects of organizational behavior
 How overall environment of an organization affects behaviors in an organization
 How interpersonal relationships affects the behaviors with in the organizations
 Roles that are played by work-based relationships within an organization having an
effect on overall productivity of the employees

Important aspects of organizational behavior

People/ Employee
 The employee is one of the very important parts of an organization. There is no any
alternative in an organization without employee/people

Structure
 Structure means the formal relationship with on the job employee of an organization
 There is created different types of position for doing work nicely in the organization

Technology
 is a very important primary aspect of organizational structure in the modern age.
Technology supplies essential resource and equipment to the employee for doing
their work efficiently

Social System
 Everything around us is society and everyone in the social lives together. The social
system determines the organizational work environment and from which the
organization can operate
 As people cannot live alone just like organization cannot run alone its job

Environment
 There is no any organization where they can survive alone. Every organization has to
work on
the internal and external environment.
 Management has to come near to all the staff to maintain a good working
environment.
JEOND JEFF M. CASTANEDA EDUC 204: Human Behavior in Organization
MAED – Social Studies Francisco Daez, Ph. D.

Factors that can be important in changing the environment of an organizations

 Competitors
 Customers
 Suppliers
 Regulators
 Strategic Partners

 Deals with the individual behaviors seen in the organizations and roles played by
these individual behaviors in affecting organizational behavior.
 Attitudes that are displayed by the employees within an organization including
personality traits
 Motivations given to the employees
Includes:
Motivation of Learning, working and being more committed to the work
 Impacts and importance of rewards given to the employees for better work
performance
 Roles played by management of stress and decision making in workplace by
managers
 Roles played by leadership models being followed in an organization
 Roles played by leadership models being followed in an organization, culture of the
organization, organizational design.
 Important factors that can affect organizational changes as well as development

CONCLUSION

 The book has many aspects that can be applied in every organization.
 It also includes planning, right decision making and development not only in the part
of the organization but also in the part of individual employee
 The book also cited the motivation and reward system as a vital role in the
development of an organization
 Organization is a multifactorial dimension, there are many aspects that can affect
and shape the organizational behavior

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